OLLI Spring term classes: March 28 - May 6 (six weeks)
OLLI will offer about 40 classes this Spring term including "The Secret Life of Trees", "All-Star American Baseball Novels", and "Color: Why We Cannot Live Without It". We will also offer long-time favorites "Writing Our Lives", "Hiking", and "Spring Mysteries". A new activity that OLLI is offering are workshops. Spring term will highlight "Coffee Bean Roasting at Home" and "Carnivorous Plants." Join us and enrich your life.
Outreach Global Office received stuffed animals from the Crawfordville United Methodist Women’s fellowship on March 7, 2022, at the O.D. Smith Hall lobby. The stuffed was donation was in support of the Outreach Global’s office annual healthcare program in Ghana, West Africa.
JoAnn Laney, President, and Linda Self, Secretary of the Crawfordville United Methodist Women’s fellowship presented the stuffed animals to Dr. Elizabeth Quansah, Director of Outreach Global at a brief ceremony in O.D. Smith Hall. Special thank you to Dianne Pope, Treasurer, and the entire women’s fellowship members at the Crawfordville United Methodist for their support.
During the 2021 Involvement Awards, The Campus Kitchen at Auburn received the Fred & Charlene Kam “Human Touch” Service Award which is given to the organization whose philanthropic and community service activities exemplify the power of the “Human Touch.” This award recognizes organizations that enhanced the student experience, was innovative in their philanthropic and community service activities, and fulfilled the organization's mission. Despite facing unprecedented COVID related restrictions and challenges, Campus Kitchen at Auburn continued to reduce food waste by collecting leftover food from dining facilities and address food insecurity by distributing more than 600 meals per week.
The Government and Ecnomic Development Institute recently provided a hybrid certification course for the Alabama Association of Public Personnel Administrators (AAPPA). The course, ACRMS: Risk Management Legal Foundations, was held on Friday, February 19, 2021 in Montgomery, Alabama. This course was successful thanks in part to the use of their Rally Video Conferencing system that allowed some users to participate remotely while others were able to attend on location.
GEDI plans to continue offering hybrid courses such as this to accomodate all of its participants both remotely and in-person!
On November 30 and December 1, CEOE provided training in the Culture Bump Approach to educational leaders in the Trussville City Schools. Superintendent Dr. Pattie Neill, assistant superintendents, other educational leaders and teachers engaged in two days of Culture Bump training to enhance the learning experience for students in the suburban Birmingham district.
Last Updated: October 5, 2022
